Uganda and Aid and debt
- Capital:
Kampala - Population:
33398682 - Size:
236040.0 Km2
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- How does local procurement of food aid affect local markets?
- J. Coulter / Reliefweb, 2007
- European Commission policy endorses local and regional procurement of food aid commodities (LRP), a practice that is believed to assist in the development of local agriculture and livelihoods in supplying countries. This paper argues ...
- Stable aid flows that promote farming help reduce poverty in Africa
- Paul Mosley; Abrar Suleiman / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Many African countries are highly dependent on aid. Opinions differ markedly on what makes aid effective. The policy environment in aid recipient countries has been the focus of much recent attention. But the stability and composition...
- Are HIV/AIDS funds being used effectively in Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia?
- N. Oomman; M. Bernstein; S. Rosenzweig / Center for Global Development, USA, 2007
- Donor funding for HIV/AIDS has skyrocketed in the last decade: from US$ 300 million in 1996 to US$ 8.9 billion in 2006; yet, little is understood about how these resources are being spent. This paper analyses the policies and practice...
- Balancing government, donors and civil society for poverty reduction in Uganda
- Alan S. Sverrisson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Uganda has been relatively stable since 1986, when President Museveni took power. Nevertheless, the country has not fully recovered from years of conflict and economic decline, and around half of all Ugandans live in poverty. The gove...
- Making government budgets more accessible and equitable
- Mark Robinson / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Involvement in the budget process in poor countries has traditionally been limited to a select group of political actors. But this has changed over the last decade with legislators, civil society groups and the media playing a more ac...
- More aid for Africa is only a mixed blessing
- Tony Killick; Mick Foster / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- The donor community has pledged to double aid to Africa by 2010. This presents Africa with great opportunities. But it can also make life harder for exporters and the private sector. Their production costs will have to be lowered but ...
- Ugandan NGOs act as sub-contractors for international development agencies
- Marcel Fafchamps; Trudy Owens / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- International donors have increasingly channelled their aid directly through local non-government organisations (NGOs) rather than governments. In Uganda, is this encouraging the emergence of a domestic charitable sector or are donors...
- More public spending on agriculture could help combat poverty
- S. Akroyd; L. Smith / Oxford Policy Management, 2007
- Public spending on agriculture is now recognised to be an important means of promoting economic growth and alleviating poverty in rural areas. However, this paper reveals that agricultural spending is not being prioriti...
- Africa's urban poor are struggling to cope with climate-induced flooding
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already th...
- Uganda’s Poverty Reduction Strategy: principles and practice
- Sudarshan Canagarajah; Arthur van Diesen / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund began promoting the Poverty Reduction Strategy approach six years ago. Their 2005 review supported the approach but highlighted the need for a renewed focus on its principles. Uganda&...
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